The concept of social entrepreneurship is centered not just on mission, but on entrepreneurship, making a social benefit-focused organization become more like a business. The idea is that nonprofits can benefit from the focus of for-profit businesses – customer focus, sound strategy, effective planning, efficient operations, financial discipline, with an intently  focus on excellence in all of these as any back-to-the-wall for-profit entrepreneur.

Startup Saturday July edition will focus on the very emerging trend of entrepreneurship, ie, Social Entrepreneurship. And we will discuss on some very hot topics like:

1) How Innovation can be used to find New Solutions to Entrenched Social, Economic and Environmental Problems.

2) Social enterprises and local governments.

3) The opportunity to scale the social entrepreneurship industry.

4) Factors for success, opportunities and challenges that the sector presents.